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In his welterweight debut, Danny Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) scored a 9th round TKO victory over Paulie Malinaggi (33-7, 7 KOs) in Brooklyn tonight. Promoted by the PBC and ESPN as a battle of Philly vs. Brooklyn, Danny Garcia methodically wore down the Bronx’s beloved son in a highly disciplined performance.
Neither fighter landed with great accuracy, but Garcia’s blows were almost always impactful whereas the light-punching Malinaggi could not land anything with effect against his opponent. Garcia had rightly taken a fair amount of...

He surpassed the expectations of many, but not himself, when he fought many minutes against Wladimir Klitschko on even terms.
But even terms are not what Bryant Jennings is after...so the Philly boxer is tweaking his game, the learning side.
He's in Florida as you read this, working alongside ace tutor John David Jackson, who has emerged as one of the top small handful of trainers in the boxing sphere the last couple years.
The 19-1 heavyweight told me he did a workout last month with JDJ, who helms Sergey Kovalev, the terminator type who...

There is more interest in this one than maybe would ordinarily be the case, being that Danny Garcia hasn't looked all that thrilling in awhile.
But what makes the Garcia vs. Paul Malignaggi fight a sort of must watch, in my book, is the possibility that yes, this could be last call for Paulie.
No, not indulging in any hyping up hyberbole here-- guy debuted 14 years ago, he has some mileage on him, and while his pride is fierce, the wheels ain't what they were, and the fists, they haven't been hammers ever, really, and less so since they...

I think the old adage "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" should be updated for this new information age.
There is NOTHING nowhere like the fury unleashed by Twitter when they are in scorn mode...
Yeah, when a bee starts ricocheting inside the bonnet of social media, the sting can be quite the hurricane of pain.
Exhibit A, the latest one...that deebag dentist who showed off his superiority by shooting a defenseless lion. You probably heard or saw this story...
Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, fighting off a sagging spirit stemming...

Let's get this out of the way: Paulie Malignaggi should have no business sharing the ring with the undefeated Danny Garcia.
But….Why does this fight, unfolding Saturday night at the marvelous venue that is Barclays Center, still feel like boxing's mid summer must-see event?
Well for one thing, there's not much competition for the spotlight, unless Sergey Kovalev's quick destruction of Nadjib Mohammedi soothed your boxing jones. Aside from that, though, there's something to this fight that makes it compelling. It's certainly not because...

He made more money in one fight than Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, who were both clearly superior fighters to him, made during their entire careers. Nobody begrudges a fighter making all the money he possibly can, even Floyd Mayweather, but enough is too much.
He's been a pro for 19 years and yet has there hasn’t been one fight that he participated in that was truly memorable or one that you'll take to the grave with you. Maybe there was for some but certainly not me. Is he the greatest or most complete boxer you've ever seen?...

Great fighters believe in themselves when no one else does. It’s what drove them before they hit it big in the sport they love, arduous days toiling long hours for little or no reward other than the pride of knowing they did their best. It’s what vaulted them to the top of the sport, and it’s ultimately what kept them there once they made it.
Every time I’ve talked to Shane Mosley over the past year, he’s told me he’s coming back to the ring. Mosley, age 43, is now set to fight Ricardo Mayorga, age 41, on August 29 at the Forum...

During the late seventies and the early eighties, the light heavyweight division was one of the baddest blocks in professional boxing.
No, that's not the case circa mid-summer 2015. Actually, the division has a few fighters worth keeping an eye on: Adonis Stevenson 26-1 (21), who owns the WBC title and surging contender Artur Beterbiev 9-0 (9).
However, the alpha dog in the division is WBA/WBO/IBF title Sergey Kovalev 28-0-1 (25).
Until Stevenson proves otherwise.
This past weekend Kovalev fought an over-matched challenger and it was...

There are several ways of determining when a particular fighter is hot, and when he’s not. One of those ways is whether the fighter in question is calling someone else out, or someone is calling him out.
If you’re the one petitioning to be granted a shot at someone better-known and more of a box-office draw, you’re probably not as toasty as you’d prefer to be. But if other highly regarded fighters are pleading for you to give them a chance to mix it up for glory and riches, you’re certifiably sizzling. In boxing, the targeted few...

The Sergey Kovalev-Nadjib Mohammedi bout was a bit of a bummer, being that Mo got stopped out early, without being in the fight for a second. We knew he was in tough, but hoped--maybe too optimistically?---that he'd rise to the occasion, summon a warrior reservoir and at least make it grueling for a few moments for Krusher. Not so...
But the disappointment turned around a tad when Kovalev promoter Kathy Duva told me Sunday she wanted to make a November fight for Sergey, in Russia, against young bomber Artur Beterbiev. That caught my...

“Solid” was the best word to describe the Main Events fight card in Las Vegas.
It was the first time I got to see Sergey Kovalev perform in person. It’s difficult to analyze a fighter based on television viewing. Also, several other light heavyweights took center stage on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
We drove in from Southern California on Saturday morning. Seems several sports tournaments had most of the hotels booked and the prices were incredibly high.
One of the best places to watch a boxing card is the...

No, it didn't go to plan. I mean, it sort of did, they knew the kid was in super tough. But his trainer, and his co-manager thought and hoped that Frenchman Nadjib Mohammedi, if he left the ring Saturday night as the loser after fighting Sergey Kovalev, his rep would be burnished, not diminished. As it was, after getting knocked out in round three, Mohammedi basically joins a list of fellas who found out that the Krusher's nickname is applicable and he'll need to get another opportunity to make the impact he hopes he would.
Cedric Agnew,...

I had dinner with Don King last Thursday night at RedFarm, a trendy Chinese restaurant on the upper west side of Manhattan.
King no longer stands astride boxing like a Colossus. In mid-July, Sports Illustrated ran an article about him that was relegated to its annual “where are they now” issue. He’ll be 84 years old on August 20.
But King is still in the game. He promotes several fighters, the most promising of whom is Amir Imam. He has rebounded nicely from recent health issues. His weight is down from 285 pounds to a healthier 220....

With the recent retirement of British super middleweight Carl Froch, one topic that has received much attention is his standing among former British greats in a division that has produced some of the finest ever champions from these shores.
Below I analyse the respective careers of arguably the top two British 168lb legends and give my take on who stands higher in the all-time pantheon.
Joe Calzaghe
Overview:
After bursting on to the world scene with an impressive first title victory, long periods of frustration followed until “The...

LAS VEGAS-Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev dominated France’s Nadjib Mohammedi from the opening bell and ended it with a flourish to win by knockout and keep three light heavyweight world titles on Saturday.
In the boxing capital of the world, WBA, IBF and WBO champion Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 Kos) displayed his flashing fists and tremendous power in front of a Las Vegas crowd at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Mohammedi (38-4, 23 Kos) didn’t seem to stand a chance of winning at all.
Kovalev may be known for his power but let Mohammedi know...

Sergey Kovalev kept on doing what he does, stalking, battering, stopping foes, in the main event from Mandalay Bay on Saturday night, and on HBO. This time it was Frenchman Nadjib Mohammedi who ate the leather buffet. He went down in the second and then even harder in the third. A right and left follow had Mo on the mat, unable to rise. He was pawing his left eye and wanted no more of that punishment.
Light heavy champ Kovalev, from Russia, living in CA, was 27-0 (24 Kos) entering.
Mo, from France, was 39-3 (24 Kos) entering.
The end came...

TUESDAY UPDATE: Indications are that the Floyd's next is on PPV is still the working plan, someone who should know told me...and we should get final word on that from the only source that matters, "TBE" himself, by this weekend, I am told. As best as I can tell, some folks in positions of power think the "freebie" fight is the best plan, being that fans have wallet fatigue, and many felt stung by the high sticker price of #MayPac, made more hurtful by the fact that Manny didn't compete all that well. Thus, it'll not be easy to sell...

UPDATE: Gennady Golovkin verified our info, that he will glove up again, in NYC, and will take on a power-punching Canadian in the MSG big room. Here was the Tweet GGG sent out to tell the world, on Saturday afternoon: 6h6 hours agoI will fight @lemieuxboxing in a Middleweight Title Unification on #October17 @TheGarden & @HBO PPV! #
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He's a draw on both coasts, and internationally. No wonder, being that he...

As far as trustworthy media sources go, the Breitbart website and staff has a mixed reputation. Partisans who are aligned with their mission to embrace far right dogma, push pro-gun and anti-union stances and smear rivals of those mindsets see their material as gospel, while others...don't.
An intersection of politics and sports popped up early Friday, when writer Awr Hawkins posted a story on Breitbart.com which maintains that HBO asked Sergey Kovalev to NOT wear a patch advertising a company which sells gun ammo in the ring at Mandalay...

Jake Gyllenhaal’s exceptional performance as fictional light heavyweight champion Billy “The Great” Hope propels “Southpaw” to lofty heights. No, the new boxing melodrama directed, by Antoine Fuqua and written by Kurt Sutter, doesn’t quite live up to the high standards of “Rocky” or “Raging Bull”.
It lacks the artistic quality of each of those films and too often borrows its motifs from previous boxing movies to reach that high a standard. But despite the constant bombardment of overused clichés, “Southpaw” ends up...